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Marital
Separation - Not a Pleasant Experience.
Marital separation is not a
pleasant experience. In fact, someone has
said "it's like giving birth to a
barbed wire fence." Not a pretty picture.
Usually the separation was preceded by
weeks or months of unresolved conflict.
Now you are separated and wondering,
"Where do I go from here?" The
Biblical ideal is to seek reconciliation,
but that takes time. Maybe my spouse
is willing and maybe not. In the
mean time, what am I going to do
with myself!
I want to suggest that it
is God's desire that you use this
time to grow as a person. God's
purposes are clear: He wants to use
even the difficult times of life
to develop in us the qualities of
Christ.
However, if I am going to
grow through this painful time, I
must not allow my hurt and anger
to control my thinking. Hurt and anger
are to be acknowledged, but are not
to master our lives. Christ alone is
our Lord, and He is also our
Savior. He will make it a time of
personal growth if we are willing to
co-operate.
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